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‘I HAVE A NEW OUTLOOK NOW: IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE FUN; IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SCARY’
Music school dropout Sasha Alex Sloan has already co-written hits with three of the biggest (and most influential) pop stars of the last few years – Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, and Olivia Rodrigo. A...

Black Friday Affiliate Marketing: A 2026 Publisher Playbook
Black Friday affiliate marketing starts now. Use Adobe's 2026 forecast, the search calendar, and commission math to plan what to publish and when....

Agentic Advertising: How Publishers Can Get Agent-Ready
Agentic advertising is moving from demos to booked campaigns. See where publishers stand, what buyers want, and seven steps to get agent-ready....

‘The only way to properly create value in music is to make lasting copyrights.’
Newly confirmed as sole Chairman and CEO of Warner Records Group, Aaron Bay-Schuck tells MBW why patience beats volume, why WMG needs two frontline label groups, and why the AI flood only makes a very...

Majors and BMG lose Supreme Court fight over songwriters’ worldwide copyright reclaims – on a technicality
Their challenge ended on Monday (October 19) without the court ruling on its merits, after four of its nine justices sat the case out Source...

Believe expands Romain Vivien’s role as Global Head of Music, with three Regional Presidents now reporting to him
Vivien will now directly lead the company's three geographic regions – EMEA, the Americas, and APAC – and drive its strategic partnerships Source...

Sony and Universal ask court to force Suno investor Lightspeed to testify about the ‘legal risk of training data’
The labels made their case in a filing in Boston federal court last Tuesday (October 13), opposing Lightspeed's motion to quash their subpoena. Source...

Shakira’s Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour has grossed $534M to date… as her 13-show Madrid residency closes with more than 700,000 fans
Shakira's team said demand for tourism and accommodation generated by the residency outstripped that of events including Pope Leo XIV's visit to the city and Formula 1. Source...

DOJ sues ticket broker REPS, alleging it made $120.8M profit reselling tickets to Beyoncé concerts and other shows after bypassing limits
According to the complaint, REPS bought more than eight tickets to each of at least 83,000 events between January 2022 and October 2025. Source...

Mike Sistad and Evyn Mustoe Johnston exit ASCAP Nashville after a combined 39 years at the PRO (report)
Sistad had worked at ASCAP since 2001, while Johnston joined the Nashville team in 2012. Source...